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《签证十谈》之七:来去从容(回国计划)

[日期:2006-03-26] 来源:ChaseDream论坛 作者:steven [字体: ]

读书是为了职业发展,那么回国又如何不为了职业发展呢?

对于移民倾向很重要的考察办法,是听听你的归国计划,或者直接问你,为什么毕业回中国。 让我们先看条例是如何说的。

第 214 (b)段 您未能表明您在原居住地有着确保您计划在美国只作暂时居留的经济关系,社会关系以及不可分离的亲属关系。

大家可以很清晰地看到,这里首先提到的是经济关系,然后才提社会关系,以及亲属关系。而我们网友常常犯的错误,问你为什么毕业要回国?回答因为老爸老妈在中国,而自己是独子,要照顾父母。或者说,老婆在中国,自己要回来和老婆团聚。 其实签证官比你还清楚,老爹老妈老公老婆在国内都不会成为拴住你在美国大展宏图的绝对理由,他们每年签出大批的F-2和B-2签证,这些亲属都会最终随你去美国的。

真正让你回国的最重要原因应该是职业发展,就象你出去读书的理由一样。回答归国计划一定要从职业发展开始,详细具体地阐述自己的归国理由,可以考虑从自己所学专业,工作经历,社会关系等等方面求证。最后的亲属关系,也可以带上一笔,锦上添花。

一谈到归国计划,很多人就国内形式如何大好,WTO如何如何,这种泛泛而谈实际上没什么太大意义,一方面签证官已经听多了,听腻了,一方面也并不那么符合逻辑,国内形式好未必适合你,你需要的是更切合更具体的理由,以及基于此理由之上的,你所具备的别人很难取代的优势。

一谈到具体,很多人又过分具体到某个公司某个职位。现下流行的supporting letter可见一斑。 很多人认为,我连supporting letter都找到了,可见我有多想回国,又多么有说服力。可是仔细揣摩,又是另一翻道理。试想你拿到的Supporting letter,是一个名不见经传的小公司,因为这样的公司比较容易拿,那么再想想两年后当你花了重金MBA毕业,会考虑去这么个小公司去完成自己辉煌的前程吗?除非你是股东,否则这样的机率不大。那么这个supporting letter岂不是在VO面前说了个连你也不相信的谎言。 如果你费劲力气,从一个500强的大公司拿到了supporting letter(先不说是否可行,姑且假设拿到了),这封letter既不能保证你较高的职位,也不能保证你比较有竞争力的薪水,两年毕业后,你仍然会把这个offer与在美国的公司进行比较,而这封supporting letter就很难真正意义上support你一定回国。签证官其实很明白这一点,supporting letter意义非常有限,有时候甚至起相反作用。

在说服VO自己要回国之前,先说服自己,并认真考虑自己回国的发展方向,仔细分析自己的优势,然后练习在简短的时间内清晰地阐述归国计划。

fuhongl签经节录与点评

注:文中划横线的为子溪点评,未划线部分为作者自己的插注。

vo: which school
me: uni of Notre Dame for MBA program.

Vo: ........(see ds , i 20, find there are fellowship) (VO发现是全奖,这里开始怀疑他的学习目的,也导致了后边问他都申请了哪些学校)
me: do you love football? (Fu很机灵,虽然表面上没打动VO, 仍然不失为很好的尝试。)

Vo: oh, yeah,  uni of Notre dame is quite famous for football.(依然面无表情)
Vo: you plan
me: I will come back to my current company to assume a manager level position and my boss will send me to be in charge of  a joint life insurance company. (这里出现supporting letter

Vo: any guarantee? (显然产生怀疑,进一步求证)
ME:(show the support letter from my boss and the contract with my company.)here you are.

VO: Why your company won’t pay your tuition fee since you return to your current company?(可见VO的老辣,对中国国情非常地了解,这个问题提得太好了,非常尖锐。
ME: (这个问题说实话我没怎么仔细想过,急中生智) There is no such policy in my company, it is just the personal guarantee from the boss.(没从根本上回答问题,人家VO问的是既然你不会回去,为什么公司要给你出这个supporting letter.
VO: (不停摇头)ordinarily your company should pay….. (不满意,这个疑问没解释好,但是也不够就直接拒掉他,这个VO也比较有耐心,很认真)
当时谈话刚开始才三四分钟,我感到很危险,仿佛他随时可能句我,于是从那时起我开始殊死一搏。

VO: tell me how many you apply, how many admit and financial aid, and what are they? (开始审查学习目的
ME: I applied for 5, three give me financial aid, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre dame.

VO: show me your G score?
ME: here you are.

VO: (find a Canadian school on the score report list)What is that? (想验证一下fu是胡乱申请的,没太明确的学习目的,或许仅仅是为了奖学金
ME: I took the test in year 2000, I just selected it randomly, how can I know which school I will apply then?(回答很好,诚实坦白,后面VO也很满意,不再追问了

VO: What is your current salary?
ME: around 80,000 RMB.

VO: That is not a high salary in Beijing, will you return, 哼…(又绕回归国计划了,显然对于刚才的supporting letter非常不满意
ME: The salary level of a state own enterprise can’t compare with foreign enterprise.(还是没能解答VO的疑问

VO: So you will return to a state own enterprises with low salary? 哼…(轻蔑笑) (表现出不相信,其实也是等待fu来反驳)
VO: Normally people pursue MBA after 4-5 years work, why you just have only 2 years? (又采取不相信轻蔑的态度来重新试探fu,同时也给他申辩的机会
ME: (不知该如何回答,又问了一个没准备的问题)Because I am excellent! (fu终于被激怒了,表达了信心

VO: Excellent? (有点满意,想继续听下去
ME: Yes, because I am excellent, the famous university gave me decent fellowship for my MBA study, it is very difficult for students, especially international students to get financial aid for MBA, that proves my excellence; and also I participated with two huge projects in my company, my boss will send to be in charge of a joint life insurance company. And the profit is quite huge, I can easily get high bonus if I assume the leading role…… (有些门了,表明在公司有些联系,表明了回来可能的机会

VO: (不理我,玩电脑) (等待更有意义的东西
ME: (感到我不能等死) Sir, a managing director from an American company, who has known many young executives in China, also knew me well. He wrote a support letter for, would you please take a look? (good try)

VO: (耸耸肩,做轻蔑状)
ME: I hope you can have a look(加重语气,同时递入letter) (终于表现出要回来的坚定自信)

VO: (终于转过身来,用了大概十秒时间浏览一边,依然面无表情)So you will attend his company after you graduate from MBA? (继续诱导,老辣
ME: NO,no, no (不错,很坚定

VO: (不理我,继续完电脑)
ME: (继续垂死挣扎)I can have more than 200, 000 RMB for annual income if I assume the manager level position, and there is a lot of material income; the bonus for the joint venture will be quite profitable. Would you like to see the strategic blueprint of the joint venture? I have established strong business relationship in China while I have none in US? Relationship in China is very, very important for doing business in China, if your were me, will you stay in US to struggle from Zero while abandon your foundation in China….. (终于回到点儿上来了

VO根本不理我,过了一会了,终于转过身来,好象要下结论的样子。我的眼睛盯着他的右手,因为章在右手边,我当时正在琢磨他伸右手的话我还能说什么,当时我已快绝望了,不过我当时也想不管如何我还要申辩。突然,我发现他的左手不知什么时候拿了一个小黄条,简直就跟变魔术一样,当时脑子里一片空白,他好象说了一句话,就把条递出来了。我一把抢过,一声“thank you”,赶快跑掉,生怕他反悔。

从fuhongl的签经可以清晰看到supporting letter的副作用,这里庆幸的是这个VO表现了足够的耐心,或许他内心是对fuhongl有好感的,给了他很多次机会让他解释,也庆幸fuhongl一直struggle到最后一分种,虽然走了个大弯路,但是从头到尾都没放弃,也没有被VO的各种态度所影响,坚持镇静,没有惊惶。

fuhongl签经完整版请见:https://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=27&ID=4846

郑重提示:签证十谈所涉及的任何原则都会有特例,个案不能说明规则的不存在。同时,也非常欢迎广大CDer给予纠正和补充, 让我们的十谈对签友更有指导意义!

为了让留学签证十谈更简短清晰,将初次接触签证所需要知道的签证基本常识做成附录。
《签证十谈》附录——签证基础:
https://www.chasedream.com/show.aspx?id=1738&cid=32

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